Heh... there were some bands that recorded a single or more on the producer’s dime (often recruited and hired by the producer) and just who was in the studio remains a mystery to this day. Some of that is due to not wanting to be associated with something for which they never rec’d any royalties.
If memory serves, Tommy James and the Shondells plugged out their cover of “Hanky Panky”, but on release it went nowhere, and they all drifted off to real-world jobs. Some prominent DJ plucked a copy from a bargain bin, played it, loved it, put it on the air, and Tommy James had to form a different set of Shondells.
The main guy from that band (I’m too lazy to look it up) that recorded “Tighter, Tighter” (a one-hit-wonder classic, IMHO) was as of a few years ago still taking bookings as either a solo performer or several iterations of other sizes.
I’m not sure about The Grass Roots or The Rascals, one or the other or both were, like Steely Dan, one or a pair of guys who hired people for the sessions and/or the tours.
Andy White — most people haven’t heard of him (I had to look up his name just now) was the drummer on “Love Me Do” by the Beatles. Ringo was on tambourine.😊
(nearly eleven years ago)
Velvet Sundown - Launch Trailer
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July 22, 2014
Velvet Sundown is now available on Steam.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aGM8zCUUnNs
Transcript: [Music] to know your destiny you must first know yourself but if you don’t know who you are you’re going to have to improvise welcome aboard the Velvet Sundown a luxury yacht a drift in an ocean of intrigue deception romance and Revenge you’ll use your wits to uncover secret plots and Dabble in the dark arts of sabotage and sub auge [? subterfuge?] but don’t let your guard down for a second because an opportunity missed is an opportunity lost and because every character in every game is played by an actual person you’ll need to be careful whom you trust we all have secrets here we just don’t know what they are yet dive into the intense contemporary gaming experience as each unique story unfolds in real time your action your rules your story velvet sundown